stifled

英 [ˈstaɪfld]

美 [ˈstaɪfld]

v.  压制; 扼杀; 阻止; 抑制; (使)窒息，无法自如地呼吸，感觉窒闷
stifle的过去分词和过去式

过去分词：stifled　过去式：stifled　

BNC.25304 / COCA.30156

柯林斯词典

• VERB 扼杀;压制;抑止
  If someonestiflessomething you consider to be a good thing, they prevent it from continuing.
  1. Regulations on children stifled creativity...
     给孩子们定的各种规矩扼杀了他们的创造力。
  2. Critics have accused the US of trying to stifle debate.
     批评家指责美国试图压制争论。
• VERB 克制住，忍住(哈欠、笑)
  If youstiflea yawn or laugh, you prevent yourself from yawning or laughing.
  1. She makes no attempt to stifle a yawn...
     她忍不住打了个哈欠。
  2. His hand shot to his mouth to stifle a giggle.
     他赶紧捂住嘴，不让自己笑出声来。
• VERB 克制;压抑
  If youstifleyour natural feelings or behaviour, you prevent yourself from having those feelings or behaving in that way.
  1. It is best to stifle curiosity and leave birds' nests alone...
     最好能克制住好奇心，不要去碰鸟巢。
  2. He stifled his temptation to take hold of Ivy and shake her.
     他压抑住想要抓住艾薇摇晃她的冲动。

英英释义

adj

• held in check with difficulty
  1. a smothered cough
  2. a stifled yawn
  3. a strangled scream
  4. suppressed laughter
  Synonym:smotheredstrangledsuppressed

双语例句

• They see planners as being stifled and boring, and assume that routines and schedules are not for them.
  在他们看来，有计划的人无趣，而且让人透不过气来。他们认为惯例和时间表和自己无关。
• All these cries of protest, all these expressions of opposition, were stifled.
  一切抗议声和反对意见就统统销声匿迹。
• But it was Iike a heavy cloak that stifled me.
  但那就像个大斗蓬要把我闷死了。
• And I've stifled in the muggy air of Hefei in Anhui.
  在安徽合肥的湿热空气中我也感觉快要窒息过。
• Everything which had been hastily stifled was moving and fermenting.
  被突然堵住了的一切又在移动酝酿了。
• An overweening public sector has stifled growth in jobs in service industries.
  自负的公共部门已经妨碍了服务业岗位的增长。
• Tramping over the shingle and larger rocks on the beach, he secretly stifled his anger.
  他踩着河滩地上的卵石和硬石，不动声色地压制着心头的怒火。
• In countries such as Russia and Mexico, resource nationalism has stifled investment in supply.
  在俄罗斯和墨西哥等国，资源民族主义扼杀了对供给的投资。
• She stifled another yawn and tried hard to look interested.
  她忍住了又一个呵欠，努力地试图显得感兴趣。
• An authoritarian leadership stifled internal debate.
  专制领导压制了内部辩论。